Directs the department of labor to provide notice of job skills training programs and employment services available to taxicab drivers seeking alternate employment who may need assistance with language instruction, financial literacy, social services, computer training and career counseling.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2178
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 15, 2025
___________
Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law and the administrative code of the city of
New York, in relation to notification of job skills training programs
and employment services for taxicab drivers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 45 to
read as follows:
§ 45. JOB SKILLS TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR TAXICAB DRIVERS.
THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF
EMPLOYMENT, OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY DESIGNATED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK, SHALL GENERATE A LIST OF ALL JOB SKILLS TRAINING
PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROVIDED BY OR CONTRACTED THROUGH THE
STATE OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND OPEN, AT NO COST,
TO TAXICAB DRIVERS. PROGRAMS WHICH PROVIDE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, FINAN-
CIAL LITERACY, SOCIAL SERVICES, COMPUTER TRAINING AND CAREER COUNSELING
SERVICES SHALL BE INCLUDED. SUCH LIST SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON HOW
TO CONTACT AND ENROLL IN SUCH PROGRAMS. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE
UPDATED ANNUALLY AND PROVIDED TO THE NEW YORK CITY TAXI AND LIMOUSINE
COMMISSION FOR DISTRIBUTION TO HOLDERS OF TAXICAB LICENSES OR MEDAL-
LIONS.
§ 2. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by
adding a new section 19-557 to read as follows:
§ 19-557 DISTRIBUTION OF JOB SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE INFORMATION. THE COMMISSION SHALL DISTRIBUTE, SEMI-ANNUALLY, TO
ALL DRIVERS LICENSED TO OPERATE A TAXICAB UNDER THIS CHAPTER, THE LIST
AND INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE JOB SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES WHICH ARE COMPILED PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-FIVE OF THE LABOR
LAW. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE PRODUCED IN THE TEN MOST COMMON LANGUAGES
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04075-01-5
A. 2178 2
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